All about our life afloat ... currently on a dock in the Canadian Gulf Islands.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

NABLOPOMO

It's November 1st, and that means it's NaBloPoMo time again -- that's National Blog Posting Month, and the challenge is to post something every single day. That *will* be a challenge for me, as I've been slacking off in that department, so I'm looking forward to it! I've decided to start a 'Photo of the Day' posting, so even if I have nothing to say (ha! do you *know* me??) I'll have something to post!

Mischa and the boys were over on Sunday for the day... our intention was to carve pumpkins, but I didn't get mine done until yesterday just before dark. The owner of this property we caretake turned up yesterday morning (he works overseas for several weeks at a time) so we had a good visit! These are not great photos, but you can see that I put the two of them out on our visitor dock here:While Mischa was here, I got her to model the finished Imogen cowl for me!If you're a Ravelry member, you can see several more shots of it here.

I also finished the gray socks on the weekend - they will be a Christmas gift for someone.Today's plans include casting on for a new shawl, and cooking a harvest stew in the crock-pot.

Today's PHOTO OF THE DAY:I've always called this an 'Egg Yolk' jellyfish, but it's actually the Lion's Mane Jellyfish .... apparently they can grow up to 7 feet across, but the ones we see around here are usually about 1 - 2 feet wide; they're plentiful, and can be yellow or a burgundy color. And yes, they can and do sting.

Hi there. A strange request for you perhaps, but I'm trying to contact Roamer's Landing (where I believe you're moored) to see about docking a commercial floatplane there once per month for a couple of hours while and engineer checks on the BC Ferries Terminal's water treatment plant. We usually dock at the government dock, but it is often full. On the last flight I noticed a spot at Roamer's that looked like it could fit a floatplane. in years gone by we have docked at Fulford Marina, but of course that is no more:(If you happen to know the contact at Roamers, please email me at tim(at)patbayair.com (replace 'at' with the usual symbol). PS Nice blog! We used to live on board our sailboat for almost 5 years.

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My hubby Michael and I have lived afloat for 18 years now, and we'll never go back to land! The last 15 years have been on our 38' 1965 Chris Craft, Wind Walker . Apart from boating, I knit. A lot. You can email me at skipper at mvwindwalker dot com .